Essential for development shown in the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) + Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Effects of HR global governance on citizens and places Case study – The impact of HRs global governance in Honduras, an LIDC
Strategies • Attempts to change + modernise norms • Non-government organisations (NGOs) such as charities – Oxfam • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of multi-national companies (MNCs) • Laws + treaties • UN peacekeeping operations • Humanitarian (military)...
The unequal treatment of individuals based on their gender. Global Gender Gap Index Created by World Economic Forum (WEF) Factors explaining variation Linked to a range of factors that cause HR inequalities. Employment: • Social norms of women as unpaid domestic...
The death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 weeks of termination of pregnancy from any cause related to/aggravated by the pregnancy or its management. MMR = annual number of these deaths/100,000 live births. Globally 830 women die per day – 99% in LIDCs and over...
e.g. child labour, people trafficking, genocide and modern slavery. Socioeconomic inequalities correlate closely with HR inequalities. Globalisation, transnational integration and increased mobility has both strengthened and diminished HR: • Enhanced society’s ability...
HR intervention example strategies • Separating government from religion and International advisors → democratic and coherent government. • Sanitation for young women and NGO school development → Education • Minimum wage system → Stable employment • Border and...
Global balance of power and international relations Patterns of political and economic power closely related – Relative wealth and international trade strength. Geopolitical issues of HR global governance: • Political composition • Nature of intervention • Reasons for...
Basic rights and freedoms inherent to all human beings, to which all people are entitled without discrimination. Keep society fair, just and equal. 1948 UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights 30 universal and interdependent articles. UN cannot force states to...